Whimsy Meets Tradition at a Fall Dinner Party

"I love the old," says Julia Berger in her Stamford, Connecticut home that doubles as headquarters of her burgeoning business, an eponymous linen label. "It's our mission at Julia B. to keep something really old alive." In particular, she is devoted to preserving the lost art of traditional fine linens and hand-stitched monograms. Here, the hostess-cum-entrepreneur sets a fall tablescape with Julia B.'s citron-hued triple-scalloped art deco-inspired "Versailles" pattern, antique tableware, some African souvenirs picked up by her husband while on a business trip, and of course, some of her signature seasonal dishes.